Carpet-stretcher.



No. 68l,257. Patented Aug. 27, I90l.

' A. PABRDTT.

CARPET STRETCHER.

(Applies-flan filed may 18, 1901.)

(No .Ilodol.)

Fig. 6.

WITNESSES mzmw 1 the loops 9 and g.

o tively, to the cross-bars a and 0..

UNITED STATES ANDREW PARROTT,

OF SUMNER, IOWVA.

CARPET-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,257, dated August 27, 1901.

Application filed May 13,1901.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LANDREW PARROTT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Sumner, Bremer county, Iowa, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Stretchers, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to improvements in carpet-stretchers; and the objects of my im- 1o provement are to provide a greater leverage and corresponding increase of power and also i and f attached to their under surfaces, the 2:5 hooks in each case being curved outward.

Cross-pieces a and or are attached, respectively, to the upper surfaces of the pads c and j c by means of the hinges e and e. The eX- tent of rotation of the cross-bars is limited by The flat springs d and d are fastened to the under parts of the crossbars andbear against thefupper surfaces of the inner extensions of the pads o and c.

i i j The function of these springs is to keep the hooks on the inner extensions of the pads always in contact with the carpet no matter what positions may have been assumed by the cross-bars. The two-part rods b h and Z) h" are attached at their outer ends, respec- Their inner ends are pivoted together by means of the bolt 19. The upper sections it and 7t slide 1 over the lower sections 1) and b when the pads c and c are being spread apart, and the i parts are kept in place by the clamps it and 7c, fastened to the upper sections, and by the i clamps Z and Z, fastened to the lower sections. Both the upper sections of said two-part rods are provided with perforations 'n and 07., re-

l 5o spectively, which also extend a short distance Serial No. 59,930. (No model.)

into the upper surfaces of the lower sections and are so placed that when the extensions have been made in adj usting the spread of the pads pins m and m may be placed therein to keep the sections from further movement. The pieces 0 and 0 are pivoted on the upper surfaces, respectively, of the inner ends of the upper sections h and h at points a short distance inward from the pivot-boltp and may be rotated on their pivots to throw their ends into engagement with the under surfaces of the upper sections of the other two-part rod to keep the rods from sinking to a lower point than that desired.

When the proper extensions of the twopart rod have been made, the hook-studded under surfaces of the pads c and c are placed in contact with the carpet, and when a bearing-down pressure is imposed upon the rods the hooks f and f are forced into the carpet, which is then stretched between the points of contact, and the curvature of the hooks prevents their becoming disengaged.

Having described my invention, what I wardly-curved brads, hinges connecting said pads with said cross-bars, loops fastened to said pads and arranged to limit the vertical movement of said rods, springs attached to said cross-bars and bearing against the upper surfaces of said pads, and rotatable thumbpieces on the upper surfaces of the inner ends of said rods, all substantially as shown and described.

Signed at Sumner, Iowa, this 7th day of May, 1901.

ANDREW PARROTT. Witnesses:

W. H. WEHRMACHER, J. D. OAswnLL. 

